Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
George EliotOne measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
Clifton FadimanLove, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Anton ChekhovFriendship and mutual co-operation must be the keywords for alternative ways of working once the Euro Ivory Tower has been demolished.
Steve BlakeNo one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.
Francis CrawfordIf we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
Charlotte BronteTis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Charles LambNothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Honore De BalzacFriendship's an abstract of this noble flame,
'Tis love refin'd, and purged from all its dross,
'Tis next to angel's love, if not the same,
As strong in passion is, though not so gross.
Katherine PhilipsA friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady.
Sir Thomas MoreIt is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
Kenneth TynanIf we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship recognised by the police.
Robert Louis StevensonA friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
John D RockefellerIf a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.
Chin-Ning ChuMadam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
Sydney SmithLaughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Henry Ward Beecher All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Ella WilcoxFriendship is but a name. I love no one
Napoleon BonaparteFriendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority
MenciusFriendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibres, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.
Sir John VanbrughIn the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Kahlil GibranBe slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
SocratesIt may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
Edgar Watson HoweMoral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
Sir Thomas AquinasI don't know what the fuss is about. There are 7,000 girls [on her friendship with Mick Jagger]
Carla BruniFriendship is Love without his wings!
Lord ByronFriendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone
OuidaI always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
Katherine MansfieldThe worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
Francis BaconTrue friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
George WashingtonEvery business is built on friendship.
J C PenneyWhat I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
Anais NinOne's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Simone De BeauvoirI'll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.
Montgomery BurnsIt is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
Charles KingsleyFriendship is essentially a partnership.
AristotleIn politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
TocquevilleSecrecy is the chastity of friendship.
Bishop Jeremy TaylorFriendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.
Truman CapoteRead as you taste fruit or savour wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
George HerbertI understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Edward GibbonLouise this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship
Humphrey BogartA man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. [In other words learn to enjoy your own company and it's the start of a life long friendship]
Charles HughesLove will enter cloaked in friendship's name.
OvidThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Sir Thomas AquinasI feel that I contributed well, but my strength and energy in that department is running out. I made, not friendships, never got anywhere like that, but you know I've formed slight bonds with people and they were lovely and gracious
Lesley BrainThe little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
Edgar Watson HoweOne friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Brooks AdamsWe content ourselves that friendship is a reality, and not a fancy - that it is built upon a rock.
Douglas FairbanksYes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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